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Throwback to a high school favorite.

Admit it, Scott is growing on you.

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Ben Franklin's 13 Virtues

1. "Temperance. Eat not to dullness; drink not to elevation."
2. "Silence. Speak not but what may benefit others or yourself; avoid trifling conversation."
3. "Order. Let all your things have their places; let each part of your business have its time."
4. "Resolution. Resolve to perform what you ought; perform without fail what you resolve."
5. "Frugality. Make no expense but to do good to others or yourself; i.e., waste nothing."
6. "Industry. Lose no time; be always employ'd in something useful; cut off all unnecessary actions."
7. "Sincerity. Use no hurtful deceit; think innocently and justly, and, if you speak, speak accordingly."
8. "Justice. Wrong none by doing injuries, or omitting the benefits that are your duty."
9. "Moderation. Avoid extremes; forbear resenting injuries so much as you think they deserve."
10. "Cleanliness. Tolerate no uncleanliness in body, cloaths, or habitation."
11. "Tranquility. Be not disturbed at trifles, or at accidents common or unavoidable."
12. "Chastity. Rarely use venery but for health or offspring, never to dullness, weakness, or the injury of your own or another's peace or reputation."
13. "Humility. Imitate Jesus and Socrates."

Source: Wikipedia

Poetry: Widow Mother by Lucia May

A poem! Before I post it, I want to give due credit to the author, Lucia May, and the website I found this on, Paper Darts, a Minneapolis-based publishing organization.

Widow Mother by Lucia May

I was sure there had been a crime and coverup.

I was nine months pregnant

standing in a hospital corridor,

but not to have the baby.

A doctor told me that my husband was dead.

I thought to bargain with God
but I had an ultrasound photo
and she, kicking in my ribs,
had a name.

A nurse said, “When you’re thrown

in the water you have no

choice but to swim.”
To me at 23, it sounded profound
even without music and lighting
but I still smelled him on my hands.

I bought a pack of cigarettes,

went home, and waited

ten days for labor.
I pretended that her birth

would trump him

while I traced his lips and ears on her.

He stayed, not having the modesty to leave

us alone as she bit my engorged breast.

The shower steamed and pounded

to let down her milk,

a spray of hot tears

mixing with new blood.

The Very First Web Redemption

Tosh is low-brow, I know. But here it is anyway!

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The Velvet Underground - "Oh! Sweet Nuthin'"

The memory of this song has plagued me for months! I was trying to remember the really depressing song in Away We Go that plays when the main couple's friend talks about how his wife can't have children as she dances sadly and seductively on the stage in front of them all. THIS IS THE SONG!

Guntrip Quote

"[As adults we] live in two worlds at once, the inner mental world and the external material world, and constantly confuse the two together." - Guntrip

From "10 Reasons Not To Go Out This Weekend"

If you’re invited to a party where you know almost no one, be forewarned: there is only a 39.5 percent chance there will be a cool house pet there for you to hang out in the corner with. 

Read: 10 Reasons Not To Go Out This Weekend

Alphabet Playlist - "Martha My Dear" - The Beatles

I want to get a dog so I can write a song about her.

The Beatles - Martha My Dear
Album: The Beatles (White Album) (1968)
Composed by Lennon/McCartney

C.S. Lewis Quote

"Did you ever know, dear, how much you took away with you when you left?" -C.S. Lewis, A Grief Observed

Dave Ryan Teaches Crisco how to Kiss

Ohhh, that's how you do it! 

Alphabet Playlist - "Make It Perfect" - The Semester

I am loving this Alphabet Playlist bit, going through my itunes library and picking out my favorite songs to put up without regard to genre, artist, or much of a theme. Music blog snobs may scoff, but I'm not doing it for the music blog snobs.
Newly arriving at the M's, I stumbled upon a gem from a few years back: "Make It Perfect." This song is from the now-extinct Minneapolis band The Semester. I mostly lost track of these guys after college, the lead singer went on to be in Sing It Loud, I'm not as familiar with them, but once saw their music video playing in a department store. So basically, they're famous.

Make It Perfect

Click the play button to listen to "Make It Perfect"

Bioethics and the FDA

"When prominent scientists must fear that descriptions of their research will be misrepresented and misused by their government to advance political ends, something is deeply wrong."

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Alphabet Playlist - "Lover" - Devendra Banhart

Devendra Banhart is my celebrity crush that would make my parents nervous.

Drool

And I, I wanna be you lover baby

I wanna be your girl

Blow a kiss and change the world, yeah

Now move those feets and get your dance on to this happy hippy song!